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[johnny9fingers]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/

http://uk.businessinsider.com/secret-service-trump-tower-rent-command-post-2017-8

Now, what makes me think that Trump was trying to gouge another few percent from the Secret Service in order to allow them to do the job they are no longer being payed for, having hit their overtime cap.

All his accusations about Obama taking vacations, costing civil and Secret service money and time, now look rather tame when one considers 45's first seven months of office.

America. This is insane. This is an insane situation. I'm sorry I repeated myself. It is for emphasis. We can read between the lines and draw conclusions ourselves. You have an asset-stripper in charge. Sooner or later it just becomes good business for 45 to sell the family silver alongside the family secrets to the highest bidder. Let's hope the Koch Brothers can outbid Uncle Vlad or Chinacorp ^TM.

The thing is, his supporters will still support him and consider themselves patriots. It's almost like they don't understand what words mean, or live in a Cheshire Cat reality where words mean only what he says they mean.

Maybe official business needs to be carried out at official residences and places of work. This maybe Trump's actual legacy to the White House: after his egregious usage of the office for his own business advantage, it appears that constitutional checks aren't working properly, and need either restating, or reformulating to prevent abuse.

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[abomvubuso]

This guy is a caricature. I've failed to detect a single thing he doesn't fit the definition of a cartoon character. It would've been entertaining, had it not been for real.

[dewline]

Constitutional checks and balances are being flagrantly flouted here, from what I can see from my side of the US-Canada border.

[mikeyxw]

Naw, this was a nothing sandwich when Candidate Trump was bringing it up against President Obama and it's just the same sandwich with different condiments now. The secret service has been underfunded for decades. Mr. Obama had a pretty average vacation schedule for a POTUS and he exceeded the budget. Sure, Mr. Trump seems to like to travel more, but then there isn't anything to be checked or balanced, he's simply giving his opponents some ammo for the next election on an issue that fills most voters with meh.